Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 24.907. DALLAS COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 7. (a) The Dallas County Criminal Judicial District No. 7 is composed of Dallas County. (b) The terms of the criminal district court no. 7 begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. (c) Section 24.901…

Sec. 24.908. EL PASO COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 1. (a) The El Paso County Criminal Judicial District No. 1 is composed of El Paso County. (b) The El Paso County Criminal District Court No. 1 shall give primary preference to felony drug cases and associated civil cases …

Sec. 24.910. TARRANT COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 1. (a) The Tarrant County Criminal Judicial District No. 1 is composed of Tarrant County. (a-1) Subchapter C applies to the Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 1. (b) This section applies to the Tarrant County Crim…

Sec. 24.911. TARRANT COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 2. (a) The Tarrant County Criminal Judicial District No. 2 is composed of Tarrant County. (a-1) Subchapter C applies to the Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 2. (a-2) Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 2 …

Sec. 24.912. TARRANT COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 3. (a) The Tarrant County Criminal Judicial District No. 3 is composed of Tarrant County. (a-1) Subchapter C applies to the Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 3. (b) Section 24.910, relating to the Tarrant County …

Sec. 24.913. TARRANT COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 4. (a) The Tarrant County Criminal Judicial District No. 4 is composed of Tarrant County. (b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 1.022(c), eff. September 1, 2023. (c) Repealed by Acts 2023, …

Sec. 24.920. CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. (a) The Criminal Judicial District of Jefferson County is composed of Jefferson County. (b) The terms of the criminal district court begin on the first Mondays in April, July, October, and January. (c) The criminal dist…

Sec. 24.941. DECLARATION OF POLICY. It is the policy of the state that the administration of justice shall be prompt and efficient and that, for this purpose, the judicial districts of the state shall be reapportioned as provided by this subchapter so that the district courts of …

Sec. 24.942. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the Judicial Districts Board established by Article V, Section 7a, of the Texas Constitution. (2) "Reapportionment" means the redistribution of the judicial districts of the state by designating the county or countie…

Sec. 24.943. OFFICIAL DUTY. Service on the board is an official duty of each of the officers named in Article V, Section 7a, of the Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.19(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 24.944. DUTIES. The board shall reapportion the judicial districts authorized by Article V, Section 7, of the Texas Constitution by statewide reapportionment of the districts and, as the necessity for additional reapportionment appears, by redesignating, in one or more reapp…

Sec. 24.945. RULES AND CONDITIONS FOR REAPPORTIONMENT. (a) The reapportionment of the judicial districts of the state by the board is subject to the rules and conditions provided by Subsections (b)-(d). (b) Reapportionment of the judicial districts shall be made on a determinatio…

Sec. 24.946. PROCEDURE. (a) The board shall meet in accordance with its own rules. The board shall meet at least once in each interim between regular sessions of the legislature and shall exercise its reapportionment powers only in the interims between regular legislative session…

Sec. 24.947. REAPPORTIONMENT ORDERS. Any judicial reapportionment order adopted by the board must be approved by a record vote of the majority of the membership of both the senate and house of representatives before the order can become effective and binding. Added by Acts 1987, …

Sec. 24.948. EFFECT OF REAPPORTIONMENT. (a) After the effective date of a reapportionment order, the judicial districts affected by the order contain only the counties designated for the judicial districts in the reapportionment order, and the district courts shall have and exerc…

Sec. 24.949. PENDING CASES AND PROCEEDINGS. (a) If a county is removed from a judicial district and placed or left in another judicial district by reapportionment under this subchapter, the district clerk of that county shall, on the effective date of the reapportionment order, t…

Sec. 24.950. EQUALIZATION OF DOCKETS. The judges of the district courts may equalize their dockets in all counties in which there are two or more district courts. The judge of a district court, on motion of a party, on agreement of the parties, or on the judge's own motion, may t…

Sec. 24.951. CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. If a county is located in two or more judicial districts by reapportionment under this subchapter, all the district courts in the county have concurrent civil and criminal jurisdiction within the territorial limits of the county. Added by Act…

Sec. 24.952. TERMS OF COURTS. The terms of the district court of a judicial district affected by reapportionment under this subchapter shall be the terms provided by the board in the reapportionment order affecting the judicial district. In the absence of a provision by the board…

Sec. 24.953. OFFICERS OF COURT. In a county placed in a different or additional judicial district by reapportionment under this subchapter, the district clerk, sheriff, constables, county attorney, and district attorney or criminal district attorney of the county, and their assis…

Sec. 24.954. QUARTERS FOR COURTS. The commissioners court of a county that is newly included in a judicial district by reapportionment under this subchapter shall provide suitable quarters, facilities, and personnel for the district court of the judicial district. Added by Acts 1…